10 Korean Grammar Mistakes You Might Be Making Real Korean Listening

Hello everyone this is your Sol teacher Thank you for coming back to my Korean podcast Are you all having a happy week Today I've brought some common mistakes that students learning Korean often make Today we'll look at some grammar and grammar mistakes together The teacher will first say a sentence with an error It would be helpful if we all took a moment while listening today's podcast to reflect together on where went wrong and why Shall we get started right away First the first one— what's this in Korean Where could I have gone wrong Well what comes next here I have no idea I don't know what this is in Korean You need to insert the particle here When words like this appear you must use the particle grammar What it is if you don't say it quickly becomes a mystery I don't know what this is in Korean Why don't you understand this Why don't you get it huh This is so easy why don’t you know I don’t know why but I just don’t get it Oh I don’t know why I don’t get it I don't know why but I just feel weird but I'm in a good mood today Just add it like this The second one is a word It's a slightly awkward word I enjoy doing various activities on weekends It sounds a bit awkward when said by a Korean person What word could it be It's "activity " This activity is commonly used at school School activities refer to events conducted within the school premises There's a club a student council and also external activities Extracurricular activities are things you do outside of school Usually they include internships volunteer work and helping out elsewhere Volunteer work various contests and competitions —these are all referred to as extracurricular activities Therefore the term "activity" in this context encompasses such endeavors I only use it for school and external activities not much in everyday life So I did all sorts of things over the weekend I didn't just do stuff like that—I really did a lot of different things Or simply say "I went for a walk on the weekend visited a café and went to the movies " That’s all you need to say I enjoy doing various activities when traveling but that sentence sounds awkward I just like traveling and doing all sorts of sports and activities I don't like staying at hotels That's how it works That's good The third one is I work while sitting down I work while sitting down What part seems wrong Sit down and change "이으면서" to "앉아서 " Work while sitting down That's the correct body positioning: sit stand lie down or lean against something Work while seated I'll watch TV lying down I'll study standing up Like this And additionally please sit down sit down It's like telling a puppy to sit—just say "sit" as a command I'm sitting like this When talking about my condition I need to use grammar I am sitting I am standing I am lying down Sit down stand up lie down You'd say these words when giving commands to a puppy or young children Teacher says "Hey sit down " only in this way The fourth one is to hang it at school Where could be strange You should say "walking from here" instead of "walking here " We're going to school How are we going We'll walk there You need to combine "walk" and "go " That's how you construct the grammar We just say "let's walk there" when we mean to go on foot Run over Run quickly When should we use walking versus running It depends on the situation Inside the school grounds Running around at school You shouldn't run at school I have a treadmill at home So I walk indoors instead of going outside Walk from home That's why whenever we're going somewhere we walk there go on foot run there or dash over You need to combine them like this The teacher will explain this song a little more How do you get to the company We go by driving If your friend is driving you sit next to them in the car How do you get to the company I'm not driving but I'm in the car In that case I go by car I got in the car And we're off I'm not driving My friend is driving I'm riding in my friend's car We're going by my friend's car Same here I'm taking the subway I go to work by subway Taking the subway is fine too Take the subway Or else you're heading out on your trip now The teacher could ask How are you going to get there What are you going to take Are you guys going by plane Are you going by boat When talking about things like airplanes cars subways and bicycles you say "I ride it " That's how you do it Next the fifth one This one's easy I never eat Hawaiian pizza Never eat Hawaiian pizza What's wrong with that Easy right Never eat Hawaiian pizza You shouldn't put it in I never eat Hawaiian pizza But you know that "never" sounds a bit strong The teacher rarely uses the word "never" at all I personally love the word "absolutely " I don't eat Hawaiian pizza at all But what I really hate truly and utterly is pickles I never eat pickles I absolutely detest them You can never use it in such a situation If you'd like to say it a bit more gently I actually prefer the word "iyae" a bit more And it's really similar to this doing absolutely nothing Not acceptable I'm doing nothing Okay Next one is the sixth I'll marry Soo-jin Where could I have gone wrong It's a preposition Marry Su-jin In Korean it's "i-ryang " "hago " "wa " Marry Su-jin Marry the patient And another common mistake students make Shall we see if you can spot it It's similar to Italian and Spanish Something's missing here Here you should write "and" or "or" instead It's similar to Italian and Spanish It's the same too Japanese and Korean are different Or it's the same between you and me You and I are the same You and I are exactly alike That's how you should enter it Alright next the seventh one There are many cherry blossoms in Korea Where could I have gone wrong You need to change "Korea" to "Korea" in the sentence There are many cherry blossoms in Korea Because there are so many adjectives It's not an action it's a state When used as an adjective you must use "eul " It's similar to that—there aren 't many people at the restaurant No way There are few people at the restaurant Is it cold in winter It's cold in winter That's because it's time just time Winter time it's cold in winter Okay Next eighth I've been feeling strange lately Strange Yeah I know It should be "It's strange" rather than "It's strangely " The form "-고 있어요" is used only with action verbs not with descriptive verbs Adjectives describing states cannot be used I'm feeling sad right now No I'm sad I'm sad right now I'm happy right now No you can't I'm happy right now Next the ninth one The ninth one is I read a book and go to bed every night Where should we fix it You must have no distractions every night Every night I read a book before bed Alright everyone Every night every day every week every year without fail Every Monday every Tuesday every weekend If it's there every month I don't write it down And also not today not yesterday not tomorrow I don't write there on weekends not even today So you need to memorize the cases where 에를 is not used You know this right Good you all This is the last one number ten My mother is sad because I haven't gotten married Alright we need to change "슬퍼요" to "슬퍼해요" here My mom please be sad My dad you're sad Me you sad Just like this I want to watch a movie My mom wants to watch a movie Oh my dad I’m so happy I got a job I’m truly happy You can write it this way That's great How many did you get right everyone It wasn't too hard was it The mistake I just mentioned is a common one among students learning Korean but it's not a major error Even tiny little mistakes like these—when you make them we can still understand you when we're talking as Koreans I can understand that But just in case there are those who really want to master perfect Korean Since I've been preparing today's podcast I hope my video today has been helpful We'll conclude today's podcast here See you again next time teacher Thank you